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Deb and I are artists, painters actually. We go see films as often as once a week. That's right, we go to the theater and sit in a dark room with strangers to see movies. We rarely rent. We like "little" movies, foreign and documentary films. We try to stay away from mainstream and blockbusters whenever possible, but a couple sneak in each year. We seek out the obscure. We try to avoid violent movies, and that really limits our choices, most film makers seem to think violence makes a story interesting.
I try not to give anything away in the reviews, but offer an honest reaction.
We rate them 1~10, 10 being highest.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Tim's Vermeer

Deb 10    Me 10

Another movie about art. Bring 'em on, its a huge and fascinating subject. This one is an extension of Hockney's presentation on the possibility of Vermer working with some sort of visual aid like camera obscura. Simply, it is thought that Vermeer figured out a way to project his subject to his canvas and eliminate a lot of the drawbacks from traditional drafting. If this is true then it is likely a lot of artists did this, not only the Dutch, but Italians too. The reason they single Vermeer out is that there's no record of him ever serving an apprenticeship with anyone in a time when all that stuff was well recorded. 
So this cat named Tim sets out to prove the theory one way or another by painting "his own Vermeer". His journey makes for an entertaining and eye opening movie about one aspect of making art, being creative and keeping your eyes open to opportunity. A great little movie!
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